[PATCH 2/10 v2] Add the MPC8641 HPCN platform files.
Segher Boessenkool
segher at kernel.crashing.org
Sat Jun 10 23:52:00 EST 2006
>>> Cascade handling is changing with my genirq port. It will be easy to
>>> adapt though. Same comments howveer, you should have a device-
>>> tree node
>>> for the 8259 (under an ISA bridge, those shall really be in the
>>> device-tree). In general, on-board bridges should be in the
>>> device-tree,
>>> only slots or standardly routed child PCI devices need not.
>>
>> Can you send me an example?
>
> I'll try to dig something. Power3 at least has MPIC<->8259 cascade, as
> do some IBM blades when running bare metal kernels.
On the blades, the 8259 isn't cascaded to the MPIC. And we disable
it completely anyway ;-)
Segher
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